Combined pincushion and detachable holder.



8.1. SPENCER. COMBINED PJNCUSHION AND DETACHABLE HOLDER. APPLICATION man JAN. II, 1918.

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BYRON J.. SPENCER, OF SOUTH BEND, WASHINGTON.

COMBINED IINCUSHION AND DETACHABLE HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BYRON J. SPENCER, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Bend, in the county of Pacific and State of Washington, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Combined Pincushions and Detachable Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in combined in cushion and detachable holder, and the 0 ject of my invention is to provide a pin cushion combined with a holder that may serve releasably to clamp said pin cushion to any support that is adapted to be engaged by said holder, as, for instance, to the shaft-bearing arm of a sewing machine where said pin cushion would be use-.

fully accessible to the hands of the operator of said sewin machine.

I accomplis this object by devices illustrated in the accompanying dawings, where- 1n Figure 1 is a fragmentary view in side elevation of the shaft-bearing arm of a; sew- ,ing machine to which is removably attached a combined pin cushion and holder embodying my invention; a v

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the same in vertical section on broken line 2, 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view 'of a different portion of the shaft-bearing arm of a sewmg machine to which is attached a modified form .of my invention; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the same in vertical section on broken line 4:, 4: of Fig. 3.

. In the drawings, throughout which like reference numerals indicate like parts, I have shown one form of pin cushion which is adapted tov constitute a part of my invention and which consists of an oblong re ceptacle whose cross-section is of crescentlike shape, and which receptacle is made of two pieces 6 and 7 of textile fabric whose edge portions are of like contour and sewed one to the other in such manner that said edge portions thus united form a flange 8 that projects outwardly around the bottom of the receptacle.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

Application filed January 17, 1918. Serial No. 212,378.

The piece 6 serves as the bulging top wall of the-receptacle while the piece 7 constitutes the bottom wall thereof, and the interior of said receptacle is filled with a stuffing 9 suitable for a pin cushi "1.

A sheet metal frame 10 is disposed to extend around and fit the bottom edges of the stuffed portion of the cushion to engage with and cover the top surface of the flange 8, and said frame 10 is provided with integral clamping arms 11 and 12 which extend in a circle each from the central portion of a different one of the opposite sides of said frame 10.

The end portion of the clamping arm 11 is provided with a transversely disposed slotted hole 13 through which the end portion of the clamping arm 12 may be pro jected and bent backwardly to unite said end portions and cause said clamping arms 11 and 12 closely to embrace a support around which they extend thus to clamp the pin cushion to said support as shown in *igs. 1 and 2 wherein a cushion is clamped to the side of the shaft-bearing arm 14 of a sewing machine by the engagement of the frame 10 with the flange 8, which frame 10 is maintained in its position by its integral clamping arms 11 and 12 which surround frame 16 which is fastened by screws 17,

said frame 16 bein devoid of integral clamping arms but 111 other respects corres ondin to the frame 10 of Figs. 1 and 2.

bvious y changes may be made in the forms and dimensions .of parts of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof.

What I claim is:

A combined pin cushion and detachable holder which embodies a pin cushion having a flange that extends around its base portion; a clamping frame adapted to engage with the top surface of said flange and to fit around said base portion; and clamping whereby said pin cushion may be releasably arms integral with said clamping frame, one clamped to a support. of which clamping arms being provided In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe 10 With a transversely disposed slotted hole my name this 9th day of January A. D.,,

5 through which the end portion of the other 1918.

of said clamping arms may be projected and bent bacizwardly to unite said end portions BYRON J. SPENCER. 

